# MetaDAO Ranger Finance Liquidation

**Date:** March 13, 2026  
**Status:** Passed  
**Category:** Liquidation  
**Parent Entity:** [[metadao]]  
**Affected Project:** [[ranger-protocol]]  

## Decision Summary

MetaDAO's futarchy governance voted to liquidate Ranger Finance following documented material misrepresentation during its ICO, returning $5,047,250 USDC to unlocked RNGR token holders.

## Background

Ranger Finance raised approximately $8M on MetaDAO's ICO platform with specific performance claims:
- **Claimed:** $5 billion in trading volume by 2025
- **Claimed:** $2 million in revenue by 2025
- **Actual:** ~$2 billion in trading volume (~40% of claimed)
- **Actual:** ~$500K in revenue (~25% of claimed)

Blockchain data revealed the discrepancy, and RNGR token holders filed challenges citing material misrepresentation.

## Governance Process

1. Token holders identified material misrepresentation through on-chain data analysis
2. Conditional markets evaluated the liquidation proposal
3. Markets produced decisive outcome (telegram sources claim 97% support with $581K traded, unverified)
4. Liquidation executed with full treasury return

## Outcome

- **Total Distribution:** $5,047,250 USDC
- **Distribution Rate:** ~$0.75-$0.82 per unlocked RNGR token (book value)
- **Snapshot Time:** 8:00 AM UTC+8 on March 13, 2026
- **Portal Launch:** March 17, 2026
- **IP Disposition:** All intellectual property returned to Glint House PTE (founding team)

## Significance

This is the second successful futarchy-governed liquidation at MetaDAO (after mtnCapital in September 2025), establishing a two-case empirical pattern for the trustless joint ownership mechanism. The decision demonstrates that:

1. The "Unruggable ICO" protection mechanism can enforce capital return post-discovery
2. Futarchy governance can correct material misrepresentation after it's identified
3. Minority token holders can successfully force liquidation against teams with information advantages

However, the case also reveals a scope limitation: the futarchy market selected Ranger during ICO without pricing in the false volume claims, suggesting the mechanism is better at enforcing governance decisions than at pre-launch due diligence.

## Market Activity

Telegram sources (unverified through web sources) report:
- 97% support for liquidation
- $581K traded on conditional markets

If accurate, this would represent the highest-volume governance decision in MetaDAO history for a single-project matter, far exceeding typical uncontested decision volumes.

## Sources

- Phemex News: https://phemex.com/news/article/ranger-finance-to-liquidate-return-504m-usdc-to-token-holders-65724
- CryptoTimes, Bitget News, defiprime (on-chain confirmation)
- MetaDAO community announcements